Living an Ethic of Love: Celebrating Black Dharma Teachings | A New York Insight Online Event + Fundraiser
Living an Ethic of Love: Celebrating Black Dharma Teachings
Folks of African descent carry a rich and enduring legacy of contemplation—an ancient wisdom that has not only survived but thrived through the harshest of times. Despite the pain of colonization, the scars of enslavement, and the ongoing movement towards justice, this wisdom has taught us how to pause, rest, and reconnect with our true selves. It offers a blueprint for navigating life’s challenges with dignity and grace, reminding us that we can only see the stars in the darkness.
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On Grief + Sorrow: Feeling Grounded in Your Depth | A Non Residential Daylong Retreat | ONLINE w/Spirit Rock Meditation Center
On Grief + Sorrow: Feeling Grounded in Your Depth
There are many ways for us to know joy in our Dharma practice, including muditā (joy for another’s happiness), the embodied energy of pīti, and the “bliss of blamelessness.” Even recognizing when we are entangled in a hindrance can be joyful. We are also intimate with sorrow: the dukkha of being separated from those we love, association with the unbeloved, and the fear and anxiety that arises around aging and sickness.
Often our joy and sorrow are felt as separate experiences that don’t have a connection to each other, yet they’re inherently intertwined. In our forward movement toward freedom and liberation, we must not deprive ourselves of the experience of joy—it is what lubricates our momentum. And we must not succumb to sorrow, as it shows what is dear. Join us for a day of meditation, discussion, and inner inquiry around the fundamental experiences of joy and sorrow.
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Wednesday Night Gathering | New York Insight | IN PERSON and ONLINE
Although Buddhism is often seen as a solitary path, sangha, or community, is an essential part of meditation practice. However, cultivating this sense of community has been a difficult challenge in this day and age of social isolation and Zoom fatigue.
This series of in-person New York Insight community gatherings consists of guided meditation, a talk by one of our teachers, followed by group discussion, and opportunities to socialize and connect with like-minded practitioners.
Whether you are brand new to meditation practice, new to New York Insight, or are a longtime, experienced meditator, all are welcome to join us for this series of in-person community meditation gatherings.
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Paramis as a Revolutionary Act | A Residential Retreat for Queer Folks at True North Insight | Assisted by Coral Short
Paramis as a Revolutionary Act
Toni Morrison wrote: “I know the world is bruised and bleeding. And though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge, even wisdom. That is how civilizations heal.”
This isn’t just a statement, but a directive of how to move through difficult times. The Buddha offered a direct and accessible framework to support his healing, called the 10 Perfections or Attainments of the Heart; or pāramīs. This collection which includes generosity, ethical conduct, renunciation, wisdom, effort, patience, truthfulness, resolve, metta and equanimity - are a map for recovery and the creation of a culture of belonging. These qualities help us to navigate life, and are said to be what the Buddha was cultivating in earlier lifetimes before his Awakening. In this residential retreat, we’ll explore not just what the Buddha said, but how he lived his life.
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This is How Civilizations Heal: The Alchemy of the Three Poisons A BIPOC Residential Retreat | W/ Amana Brembry Johnson, Gullu Singh, Yong Oh + Jonathan Relucio (Movement)
This is How Civilizations Heal: The Alchemy of the Three Poisons
Greed, aversion, and delusion, collectively known as the three poisons, are mind states that cloud the heart and mind. But these energies contain information that can lead us to a healing that can mitigate the chaos of the world.
Toni Morrison wrote, “I know the world is bruised and bleeding. And though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge, even wisdom. That is how civilizations heal.” By clearly recognizing the three poisons, we can meet them with their antidotes of generosity, mettā, and wisdom. Generosity can expand our ability to feel connected and remind us that we belong to each other. Mettā opens the heart, protecting us from both inner and outer harm, while wisdom allows us to see things right sized as we move through the world.
This retreat is silent except for teacher-led Q&A, small groups, or other practice meetings.
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Moving Into Meditation | A Mindful Yoga + Meditation Residential Retreat W/ Anne Cushman + Tina Clay
Nourish your body, mind, and heart and reconnect with what truly matters most to you in a silent mindfulness retreat that weaves together meditation in stillness and movement. Through gentle, mindful yoga—suitable for all levels of physical ability—you’ll calm and balance your nervous system, unwinding the physical and emotional knots that can block your connection to open-hearted presence. You’ll practice meditation seated, standing, walking, and lying down, learning skills that can help you stay grounded, centered, and open-hearted as you take your practice off the mat and cushion and into the world. A spacious schedule gives you ample time for resting, restoring, and spending time in nature.
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In the Presence of Love: Metta + Qigong | A Residential Retreat with Vinny Ferraro and Teja Bell | Registration opens at 9:00am (PT) on February 19, 2025
In the Presence of Love: Metta + Qigong
This silent retreat will focus on cultivating the quality of lovingkindness (mettā in Pāli), infusing our hearts, minds, and bodies with a strong, caring wisdom. Lovingkindness practices open the heart and connect us intimately with all of life, while awareness—as developed through mindfulness practice—leads to clarity, insight, and understanding. The fusion of these qualities helps us to respond more compassionately to the challenges we encounter in ourselves and in the world.
Registration opens at 9:00am (PT) on February 19, 2025
Potluck with BIPOC + Allies @NewYorkInsight
Potluck with BIPOC + Allies @NewYorkInsight
NYIMC’s POC Sangha and their allies celebrate Black History Month with a community potluck.
All are welcome — whether you’ve been a part of our community for years or are brand new to NYIMC and meditation.
Please bring a vegetarian or vegan offering to share with the community and RSVP so that we know how many people to prepare for!
The event will begin with a guided meditation and blessing of the meal. We look forward to welcoming old and new friends to be in community and meditate together.
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Leslie Booker + the Rubin Museum@NewYorkInsight
Meditation with the Rubin Museum
The Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art’s weekly meditation sessions have found a new home at New York Insight! I’ll be hosting on the 13th, with the theme of Metta.
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Love in the Midst of Dominance | ONLINE
Love in the Midst of Dominance
bell hooks wrote that the ‘assumption about love is that love means we will not be challenged or changed. No doubt this is why people who read writings about racism, sexism, homophobia, religion, etc., that challenge their set assumptions tend to see that work as harsh rather than loving.’
In this particular flavor of global divisiveness, we are given the opportunity to not succumb to hatred and ill will. Instead, we can turn toward it to build up our resiliency and resistance to be with our own discomfort—to recognize our own pain, connect with our own vulnerability, and, in turn, recognize and feel that in others.
An undefeated heart is rooted in courage and does not turn away when it is faced with injustice and violence. It allows the felt sense of anger and rage to be known, and decides to use it as a catalyst toward skillful action and change. It allows us, unapologetically, to center compassion, loving-kindness, joy, and equanimity in a world that is broken and bruised, and to turn toward it—knowing that we are protected.
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Celebrating Black Dharma Voices: A Daylong Retreat for BIPOC Community | A Non - Residential HYBRID Retreat at New York Insight with Felicia Dickerson + Isabel Adon
1st Celebrating Black Dharma Voices: A Daylong Retreat for BIPOC Community
Folks of African descent carry a rich legacy of contemplation—an enduring wisdom that, even in the face of colonization and enslavement, has taught us how to pause, rest, and reconnect with our true selves.
Over the course of this day of practice, we’ll explore the dharma by honoring Black dharma voices. Through meditation, reflection, and group sharing, we’ll discuss how both Buddhist and Black traditions teach us how to embrace paradox with grace—to hold grief and joy, struggle and triumph, as equal parts of the whole.
If you are Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color, we invite you to join us for this daylong retreat.
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25th Coming Home to Kind Awareness | A Daylong Non - Residential Retreat W/ Bart Van Melik
25th Coming Home to Kind Awareness
As our climate, society, and collective values change and shift, it can be hard to know how to sit with it all. What do you do when it feels like your practice no longer “works”?
Together, we will immerse ourselves in timeless teachings to incline our heart-minds towards appreciating the joys of living; refresh our capacities to bring awareness to the present moment; and to cultivate kindness towards ourselves and others.
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19th Day of Refuge: Navigating Tumultuous Times with Clarity, Humor, and Strength | A Pre Inauguration Day of Insight | Online & In Person
19th Day of Refuge: Navigating Tumultuous Times with Clarity, Humor, and Strength
We are in the midst of a great sea change, both politically and socially. We are being asked to divest—in companies, political institutions, or organizations that have disappointed us. Although there is something incredibly powerful in divesting, it’s important to decide what we are choosing to invest in. What clouds the heart and mind so often is centering what we’re fighting against instead of what we’re fighting for.
Over the course of this day of practice, we’ll learn how to invest in ourselves. The poet Audre Lorde wrote, “Caring for myself is not self-indulgent, it is self-preservation and that is an act of political warfare.”
Together, we’ll discover how staying present with the breath and in our bodies is actually an act of self-preservation and a tool to build emotional resilience.
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Love in the Midst of Dominance | Dharma Sunday with Natural Dharma Fellowship | ONLINE
Dharma Sundays with Natural Dharma Fellowship
bell hooks wrote that the “assumption about love is that love means we will not be challenged or changed. No doubt this is why people who read writings about racism, sexism, homophobia, religion, etc. that challenges their set assumptions tend to see that work as harsh rather than loving.”
In this particular flavor of global divisiveness, we are given the opportunity to not succumb to hatred and ill - will. Instead we can turn towards it to build up our resiliency and resistance to be with our own discomfort; to recognize our own pain, connecting with our own vulnerability. And in turn, being able to recognize and feel that in others.
An undefeated heart is rooted in courage and does not turn away when it is faced with injustice and violence. It allows the felt sense of anger and rage to be known, and decides to use it as a catalyst towards skillful action and change. It allows us, unapologetically, to center compassion, loving kindness, joy and equanimity in a world that is broken and bruised, and to turn toward it—knowing that we are protected.
The Heart of Connection – Spiritual Friendships in Challenging Times New York Insight’s Fall Fundraiser w/ Dan Harris, Sebene Selassie + Jeff Warren | IN PERSON and ONLINE
The Heart of Connection – Spiritual Friendships in Challenging Times
Join us for New York Insight Meditation Center’s annual benefit—a special evening dedicated to exploring the profound impact of spiritual friendships in addressing the loneliness epidemic affecting individuals and communities across the globe.
This year, New York Times bestselling co-authors of Ten Percent Happier, Dan Harris and Jeff Warren, will join their friend and fellow teacher Sebene Selassie for a candid conversation on the essential role spiritual friendships play in supporting our practice and mental health. Together, they’ll explore the life-saving impact of these connections, share practical insights for fostering them in our daily life, and discuss how meditation can strengthen our resilience to face life’s challenges.
After a fun, lively conversation and some guided meditation practice, we’ll open up the evening to the audience for a Q&A session with Jeff, Sebene, and Dan – so bring your questions and join in the dialogue!
Living in the Mystery: How to Practice with Uncertainty | JoAnna Hardy *Hybrid Retreat
Living in the Mystery: How to Practice in Uncertain Times
A sense of certainty allows us to feel that there is solid ground beneath us upon which we can keep what we have and pursue further dreams. While it feels good to win and to get what we want, every form of comfort rests on an impermanent and unreliable foundation. On an individual level (whether it’s our living situation, financial status, health, or relationships) or a global level (whether it’s politics, war, or climate chaos), the reality of instability can evoke fear, anxiety, and grief.
The core teachings remind us that liberation arises from a true understanding of the Three Marks of Existence: impermanence or change (anicca); suffering or unsatisfactoriness (dukkha); and not-self or insubstantiality (anattā).
In this weekend retreat we will explore these teachings through Dharma talks, group discussions, and meditations. This will allow us to share in the possibility of freedom from the struggles that arise around us.
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In the Presence of Love: A Mettā & Qigong Retreat (Registration Opens July 30, 2024)
This silent retreat will focus on cultivating the quality of lovingkindness (mettā in Pāli), infusing our hearts, minds, and bodies with a strong, caring wisdom. Awareness, as developed through mindfulness practice, leads to clarity, insight, and understanding. Lovingkindness practices open the heart, allow a kind embrace of ourselves, and connect us intimately with all of life. The fusion of these qualities helps us to respond more compassionately to the challenges that we encounter in ourselves and in the world.
Qigong is a practice of aligning breath, movement, and awareness for exercise, healing, and meditation. Qigong perfectly complements traditional sitting meditation practice and has a long and well-established connection to contemplative traditions. On this retreat, lovingkindness practices will be supported by periods of guided instruction as well as Qigong, meditation, and regular meetings with the teachers.
This retreat is silent except for teacher-led Q&A, small groups, or other practice meetings.
Please check out Spirit Rock’s Page for more details on this program
What Now? Philly Post - Election Meditation + Convo | A Buddhist Peace Fellowship Event with Kate Johnson, Aishah Shahidah Simmons + Pamela Freeman
What Now? Philly Post - Election Meditation + Convo
Live, in-person meditation and conversation on deepening practice + cultivating spiritual community while advancing justice in Philadelphia.
In-Person and Online: Practicing Hope – An Embodied, Heart-Based Retreat | Dara Silverman
Many of us are engaged with the world as activists or organizers. But even if you don’t identify that way, you probably deeply care about the world and want to change it. For those of us with a regular meditation or embodiment practice, we might wonder how we can align the tools we use to find ease, ground, refresh, and stay connected with our most deeply-held values. Without learning how to align our practice with our beliefs, it can start to feel like escapism. But how do we move forward?
In this two-day non-residential retreat, we’ll explore “hope” as a way through. What does it feel like to hold hope as an embodied practice in a tumultuous world? How do we cultivate love without spiritually bypassing? Is there a way to connect to our own sense of well-being and joy while remaining fully present to injustice and violence?
Join long-time friends and collaborators Booker and Dara as they weave together somatic (body-based) practices and the heart practices of the Buddha’s Brahmaviharas (expressions of love). Together we’ll cultivate these capacities in ourselves, and nurture a fuller understanding of the body and heart.
Everyone is welcome to participate, regardless of experience with meditation or body-based practices. Please wear comfortable clothes you can move in.
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Finding Your Ground: Mindful Yoga and Embodied Dharma | Anne Cushman, Leslie Booker, Kate Johnson, MA + Rolf Gates (Registration Opens July 9, 2024)
How do we stay grounded, centered, and rooted in compassion and wisdom, especially in times of personal and global challenges? In this silent retreat, we’ll offer teachings and tools from the Dharma and Yoga traditions for settling your nervous system, grounding your energy, and connecting in an embodied way with what matters most. You’ll replenish your body, heart, and mind with a seamless flow of meditation in movement and in stillness, within a spacious schedule that offers ample time to rest, be in nature, and honor the natural rhythms of your own practice.
Each day includes gentle guided Yoga; seated, walking, standing, and lying down meditation; Dharma reflections; and small group meetings with a teacher. You’ll go home with powerful, practical tools for staying centered in your daily life, and you’ll be better equipped to respond with wisdom and compassion to the urgent needs of our times.
This retreat is silent except for teacher-led Q&A, small groups, or other practice meetings.
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Nourishing the Beautiful: A Retreat for the LGBTQIA+ Community | (Registration Opens July 2, 2024)
Awakening to the beauty that is within and around us all is an essential part of the Buddhist path, and it is of particular importance to those of us who have been taught to view ourselves and the world in a different light. In practicing together throughout this retreat, we will closely consider—and deeply nurture—what beauty means for us, both individually and collectively.
Grounded in kindness, this retreat will offer meditation, mindful movement, heart-centered practices, Dharma talks, practice discussions, and opportunities for inquiry. In creating this beautiful and supportive container, we find greater freedom for ourselves and our communities. This retreat supports all levels of practice and inclusivity for our LGBTQIA+, GNC, and non-binary communities and is open to all levels of meditation experience.
This retreat is silent except for teacher-led Q&A, small groups, or other practice meetings.
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The Universe Is My True Body: A Five Elements Retreat for BIPOC Practitioners | Kate Johnson and Leslie Booker | (Registration Opens June 14, 2024)
The Universe Is My True Body: A Five Elements Retreat for BIPOC Practitioners
Mindfulness of the body is a core practice on the Buddha's path to liberation. One of the ways we can work with this practice is through contemplations on the five elements: earth, water, fire, air, and space/ether. These elements exist both within and beyond our bodies, and they can be known directly through our loving awareness. Being with the elemental nature of our bodies and of the world around us is a way to connect deeply to our physical experience in the present moment which can help us tap into a felt sense of interconnection with all things.
As practitioners who are Black, Indigenous, and People of color (including Asian, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, and/or Latinx people of color), practicing with the elements can be deeply restorative and healing. It can feel like coming home. Colonization, enslavement, imperialism, and patriarchy have all used violence to try to separate us from the natural world, because our connection with nature makes us too powerful to dominate. Let us reconnect with the elements in this weeklong retreat, in affinity space, and tap into the wisdom nature holds about how to liberate ourselves and to live together in a beloved community.
Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion | Hybrid & In person | Diana Winston, Leslie Booker and Vadan Ritter
Join us for a five-night silent retreat in the beautiful natural setting of the Big Bear Retreat Center, only two hours from Los Angeles. We will spend our days deepening our meditation practice in the service of cultivating wisdom and compassion needed to transfer out to our lives. As we settle our minds, supported by nature, we can see ourselves and the world with deeper clarity and allow our inner wisdom to emerge.
The retreat will include sitting and walking meditation with ongoing guidance, lecture and instruction from the teachers. We will also have an opportunity to practice cultivating positive emotions, mindful speaking and listening, mindful eating, as well as experience the depth of stillness that can come through an extended period of practice. Daily movement practice will be led during this retreat.
This silent retreat is suitable for beginning or experienced students.
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Cultivating Embodied Insight and Intuitive Wisdom | With JD Doyle and Leslie Booker
During this week-long silent mindfulness meditation retreat, we will learn to pay attention with an embodied knowing that leads to intuitive wisdom. We will practice loving embodiment as we cultivate attending to each moment with mindfulness. Being immersed in the natural world, we’ll attune to nature within ourselves and around us. This practice allows insights to arise, bringing greater freedom for ourselves and communities.
We will offer meditation instructions (including sitting, standing, and walking), guided heart practices, as well as Dharma talks, practice discussions, question and answer periods, and ample time to practice independently. We will be practicing both indoors and outdoors in nature. This retreat is suitable for both newer and more experienced students of Buddhism.
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BIPOC Voices: Weekly Sunday Sangha | Online via Zoom | 9:00am –10:30am Pacific Time
The Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Sangha is a weekly gathering of self-identified BIPOC practitioners that provides a safe place to meditate and explore the Dharma. As a beloved community, this sangha supports exploration of the Dharma in light of our experiences. Together, we will cultivate an environment that welcomes diverse voices and builds community.
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Practicing Liberation Book Launch | A Virtual Event | 7:30 PM ET / 4:30 PM PT
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Charis welcomes editors Tessa Hicks Peterson and Hala Khouri, MA for a panel discussion of Practicing Liberation: Transformative Strategies for Collective Healing & Systems Change: Reflections on Burnout, Trauma & Building Communities of Care in Social Justice Work.
The editors will be joined by editor of the accompanying workbook, Keely Nguyen, and contributors Nkem Ndefo, Jacoby Ballard, and Leslie Booker. Practicing Liberation is a trauma-informed anthology with contributions from 13 activists and community organizers—for readers of adrienne maree brown, Staci K. Haines, and Ejeris Dixon.
When your work is inextricable from your identity, your community, and your own liberation, you need a unique praxis of care to sustain it—and for mission-driven activists, organizers, and changemakers working under oppressive systems, making space to center vital needs like rest, self-care, and healthy boundaries isn’t as simple as clocking out.
Finding Refuge in Belonging: A Retreat for Self-Identified Black, Indigenous and People of Color | A 6 Night Residential Retreat (REGISTRATION OPENS FEBRUARY 28TH)
Finding Refuge in Belonging: A Retreat for Self-Identified Black, Indigenous and People of Color
Spirit Rock Meditationo Center, Woodacre California with Noli Alexander, Gullu Singh, Margarita Loinaz, Ramona Lisa Ortiz Smith + Jonathan Relucio
As a BIPOC community, we come together to awaken to the possibility of our collective liberation. Knowing this liberation can only happen while in the presence of Beloved Community, we will open our hearts and minds to the true refuge of belonging.
Throughout this retreat, we will gain insight into the 10 Paramis—the perfections or attainments of heart and mind—which will guide us as a map for the recovery and reclamation of a culture of belonging and wisdom. These are qualities for navigating life, not just guidelines for meditation, and they are said to be what the Buddha was cultivating in earlier lifetimes as he slowly developed into one who could awaken fully and show others the way to freedom.
We will practice both seated and walking meditation/movement, as well as guided meditations, instructions, and Dharma offerings. All meditation levels are welcome to register.
A Day of Practice with Sangha Live | Knowing How Deeply Our Lives Intertwine | 7-10am PT / 10am-1pm ET / 3-6pm BST / 4-7pm CEST
We are living in divisive times and are constantly being asked to adopt this binary view of “us” and “them”, creating a break in our society of who belongs and who gets othered.
Knowing how deeply our lives are intertwined is the refrain that reminds us that we belong to each other, and invites us to cultivate practices that connect us.
The Five Precepts (or ethical trainings), in their monastic framework, are designed to discipline and purify the three avenues of human action: body, speech, and mind.
In this Day of Practice, Buddhist philosophy and meditation teacher Leslie Booker will reframe this traditional understanding of the precepts, transforming them into a practice of cultivation.
Booker will guide us in formal periods of still and moving meditation, centering our practice on what it looks and feels like to radically embrace belonging and connection.
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This is How Civilizations Heal: The Alchemy of the Three Poisons | A Hybrid Daylong Retreat
Greed, Aversion and Delusion, collectively known as the three poisons, are mind states that cloud the heart and mind; separating us from each other. But these energies contain information that can lead us to a deep healing that can mitigate the chaos of the world.
Tuesday Evening Gathering | ONLINE with Insight Meditation Community of Charlottesville
Whether you are curious about meditation or have been a meditation practitioner for decades, you are welcome at our regular Tuesday evening meeting!
We begin with a 30-40 minute guided meditation followed by a Dharma talk (Buddhist teaching) that addresses different facets of meditation practice including how to bring the heart of meditation into our daily lives. Our evenings end promptly at 8:30pm. Tuesday meetings are attended by approximately 50-60 people.
We are now meeting both in person and on Zoom. Information needed to join the meeting on Zoom is in the event description. We welcome you to join us in person at the Unitarian Universalist Church at 717 Rugby Road in Charlottesville. Currently, we require participants to be vaccinated and to wear a high quality mask.
Tuesday Evening Gathering | ONLINE with Insight Meditation Community of Charlottesville
Whether you are curious about meditation or have been a meditation practitioner for decades, you are welcome at our regular Tuesday evening meeting!
We begin with a 30-40 minute guided meditation followed by a Dharma talk (Buddhist teaching) that addresses different facets of meditation practice including how to bring the heart of meditation into our daily lives. Our evenings end promptly at 8:30pm. Tuesday meetings are attended by approximately 50-60 people.
We are now meeting both in person and on Zoom. Information needed to join the meeting on Zoom is in the event description. We welcome you to join us in person at the Unitarian Universalist Church at 717 Rugby Road in Charlottesville. Currently, we require participants to be vaccinated and to wear a high quality mask.
Tuesday Evening Gathering | ONLINE with Insight Meditation Community of Charlottesville
Whether you are curious about meditation or have been a meditation practitioner for decades, you are welcome at our regular Tuesday evening meeting!
We begin with a 30-40 minute guided meditation followed by a Dharma talk (Buddhist teaching) that addresses different facets of meditation practice including how to bring the heart of meditation into our daily lives. Our evenings end promptly at 8:30pm. Tuesday meetings are attended by approximately 50-60 people.
We are now meeting both in person and on Zoom. Information needed to join the meeting on Zoom is in the event description. We welcome you to join us in person at the Unitarian Universalist Church at 717 Rugby Road in Charlottesville. Currently, we require participants to be vaccinated and to wear a high quality mask.
Evening Dharma Talk + Meditation | ONLINE + IN PERSON
In-Person Community Meditation Gathering
Location: Still Mind Zendo at 37 West 17th St, #6W, New York City
Although Buddhism is often seen as a solitary path, sangha, or community, is an essential part of meditation practice. However, cultivating this sense of community has been a difficult challenge in this day and age of social isolation and Zoom fatigue.
New York Insight is excited to offer a brand new series of in-person community gatherings consisting of guided meditation, a talk by one of our teachers, followed by group discussion, and opportunities to socialize and connect with like-minded practitioners.
Whether you are brand new to meditation practice, new to New York Insight, or are a longtime, experienced meditator, all are welcome to join us for this series of in-person community meditation gatherings.
We hope to see you there! Please arrive 15 minutes early to ensure an orderly check-in.
Space is limited, please RSVP.
If you are having trouble completing your RSVP or donation, please CLICK HERE to open it in a new browser. All proceeds will support this sangha’s teacher(s) and other NYI teacher support. Please contact registration@nyimc.org if you need assistance.
Suggested donation is $15 but whatever you offer is greatly appreciated. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Evening Dharma Talk + Meditation | ONLINE + IN PERSON
In-Person Community Meditation Gathering
Location: Still Mind Zendo at 37 West 17th St, #6W, New York City
Although Buddhism is often seen as a solitary path, sangha, or community, is an essential part of meditation practice. However, cultivating this sense of community has been a difficult challenge in this day and age of social isolation and Zoom fatigue.
New York Insight is excited to offer a brand new series of in-person community gatherings consisting of guided meditation, a talk by one of our teachers, followed by group discussion, and opportunities to socialize and connect with like-minded practitioners.
Whether you are brand new to meditation practice, new to New York Insight, or are a longtime, experienced meditator, all are welcome to join us for this series of in-person community meditation gatherings.
We hope to see you there! Please arrive 15 minutes early to ensure an orderly check-in.
Space is limited, please RSVP.
If you are having trouble completing your RSVP or donation, please CLICK HERE to open it in a new browser. All proceeds will support this sangha’s teacher(s) and other NYI teacher support. Please contact registration@nyimc.org if you need assistance.
Suggested donation is $15 but whatever you offer is greatly appreciated. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.